Data Governance Analyst

About the Role

WCF Insurance Company is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to play a key role in preparing our organizations data for AI and advanced analytics. This full-time exempt position is part of the Information Technology Department Data team and will report to the VP of Data and Business Intelligence. The Data Governance Analyst will lead efforts to prepare data for AI by building a modern governance program and improving data quality at the source. The ideal candidate is passionate about data quality has strong analytical and communication skills and can collaborate across business and technical teams to improve data at the source.

What Youll Do

• Implement and oversee data governance policies standards roles and processes.
• Establish foundational governance structures where missing and create actionable roadmaps.
• Define critical data elements document data quality rules monitor performance through scorecards and ensure remediation of issues.
• Partner with application owners to resolve upstream data issues and support model or field validation improvements.
• Maintain a centralized data glossary to standardize definitions across the company.
• Use SQL for profiling anomaly detection data cleansing and issue quantification.
• Monitor compliance privacy security and retention controls; support audits and risk mitigation.
• Lead change management through training and resources to embed governance practices.
• Set AI data readiness criteria and guide business domains toward compliance.
• Report governance metrics and risks to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Coordinate with our in-house legal team compliance team risk and IT Department to help connect all regulatory and security requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in information management computer science business or equivalent work experience.
• 36 years of experience in data governance data quality data management or analytics/engineering roles.
• Proficiency in SQL for profiling cleansing and rootcause analysis.
• Strong understanding of data normalization/denormalization and its impact on analytics.
• Handson experience implementing data quality rules metrics and remediation workflows.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks such as DAMADMBOK (data ownership stewardship policies/standards metadata).
• Familiarity with change management.
• Experience managing business glossaries and metadata.
• Ability to collaborate with system owners to improve data capture data at the point of capture (UI/UX validations reference data master data code sets).
• Excellent communication skills to bridge technical and business perspectives.

Preferred:

• Exposure to BI tools (Power BI Tableau).
• Experience with data catalogs (Purview Collibra Alation).
• Familiarity with MDM reference data management and AI/ML readiness.

What Success Looks Like

• Implement and oversee data governance policies standards roles and processes with a phased roadmap.
• Establish foundational governance structures where missing and create actionable roadmaps.
• Monitor controls for privacy security retention and compliance; support audits and mitigate risks.
• Lead change management through training and resources to embed governance practices into daily workflows.
• Set AI data readiness criteria and guide domains toward compliance.
• Coordinate with legal compliance risk and IT teams to meet all regulatory and security requirements and effectively report governance metrics and risks to leadership and stakeholders.

Benefits

WCF Insurance offers an extensive compensation package. Benefits include Medical Dental and Vision insurance company paid life insurance 401K with a generous 6% employer match and additional benefits such as an Employee Assistance Program and time off to volunteer. All employees earn 4 weeks of vacation their first year. The estimated starting salary for this position is $69400 - $86700 depending on education and years of experience.

Internal Candidates should have six months in their current position acceptable job performance and must notify their current supervisor that theyve applied for the position.

Our People

WCF strives to provide an excellent work experience and cultivate an inclusive environment where anyone who embodies our values will thrive.

Our Values

The ideal candidate embodies our WCF values of Doing The Right Thing Being Great At Your Job and Helping Others Succeed and supporting our mission of providing an excellent insurance experience.

WCF Insurance is an Eequal Opportunity Employer

WCF Insurance provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of race color religion sex age national origin veteran status disability that can be reasonably accommodated or any other basis prohibited by federal state or local law.

Working Conditions

This position is based in our Sandy Utah office with adequate temperature and lighting control. There are no known hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise dust or other environmental factors. There are potentially high-stress situations that require meeting deadlines. Some travel is required.

Required Experience:

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